People v Shears, 2020 NY Slip Op 06153 [187 AD3d 1220]

October 28, 2020

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Eddie Shears, Appellant.

Eddie Shears, Stormville, NY, appellant pro se.

Madeline Singas, District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Judith R. Sternberg and Autumn S. Hughes of counsel), for respondent.

Application by the appellant for a writ of error coram nobis to vacate, on the ground of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a decision and order of this Court dated May 1, 2007 ( People v Shears , 40 AD3d 661 [2007]), determining an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 30, 2005.

Ordered that the application is denied.

The appellant has failed to establish that he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel ( see Jones v Barnes , 463 US 745 [1983]; People v Stultz , 2 NY3d 277 [2004]). Balkin, J.P., Roman, Barros and Christopher, JJ., concur..